An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
antespring
aphorising
aphorising
verb
present participle of aphorise
apiologies
apiologist
apiologist
noun
A person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologists
apologists
noun
plural of apologist
apologizes
apologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologize
appanagist
appanagist
noun
A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
appetising
appetising
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing.
verb
present participle of appetise
appraising
appraising
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) Alternative form of apprising
verb
present participle of appraise
areopagist
asparagine
asparagine
Noun
A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
asperating
asperating
verb
present participle of asperate
aspergilla
aspergilli
aspergilli
noun
plural of aspergillus
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
aspirating
aspirating
verb
present participle of aspirate
aspiringly
aspiringly
adv
In an aspiring manner.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
beclasping
beclasping
verb
present participle of beclasp
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
caponising
caponising
verb
present participle of caponise
chargeship
chargeship
noun
The position or office of a chargé d'affaires.
collapsing
collapsing
verb
present participle of collapse
compagnies
compassing
compassing
adj
(shipbuilding) curved; bent
noun
(dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
verb
present participle of compass
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
despairing
despairing
adj
Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
noun
A mood or display of despair.
verb
present participle of despair
diapausing
diapausing
adj
Undergoing a diapause
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
disparaged
disparaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disparage
disparager
disparager
noun
One who disparages.
disparages
disparages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disparage
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispergate
displacing
displacing
verb
present participle of displace
displaying
displaying
verb
present participle of display
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
dysgraphia
dysgraphia
noun
A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
eigenspace
eigenspace
noun
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
enclasping
enclasping
verb
present participle of enclasp
epigastral
epigastral
adj
Alternative form of epigastric
epigastria
epigastria
noun
plural of epigastrium
epigastric
epigastric
adj
Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
escaloping
escapingly
esophagism
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
gallipolis
gallipolis
Proper noun
a chartered village in Ohio, USA
gasparillo
gaspinsula
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gemmipares
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
gingersnap
gingersnap
noun
A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger.
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
gossampine
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
graspingly
graspingly
adv
In a grasping manner.
gravipause
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
gypsophila
gypsophila
noun
Any of the many flowering plants of the genus Gypsophila, which have a profusion of small pink or white flowers.
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hairspring
hairspring
noun
A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
handspring
handspring
noun
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
happenings
happenings
noun
plural of happening
headspring
headspring
noun
(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6 inches in front, pushes off with the hands while flipping the legs overhead, and lands on the feet.
A fountainhead; a source.
A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
verb
(gymnastics) To perform a headspring.
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypostigma
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
impleasing
impleasing
adj
(obsolete) unpleasing; displeasing
inclasping
inclasping
verb
present participle of inclasp
inspanning
inspanning
verb
present participle of inspan
inspeaking
isographic
isographic
adj
Of or pertaining to isography.
lagniappes
lagniappes
noun
plural of lagniappe.
lastspring
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
mainspring
mainspring
noun
(figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.
(horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
mastigopod
mastigopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
megalopsia
megalopsia
noun
macropsia
megapodius
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
misparsing
misparsing
noun
An instance of incorrect parsing.
verb
present participle of misparse
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
misplacing
misplacing
noun
Incorrect placement.
verb
present participle of misplace
misplaying
misplaying
verb
present participle of misplay
misshaping
misshaping
verb
present participle of misshape
misspacing
misspacing
verb
present participle of misspace
nonsparing
nonsparing
adj
Not sparing.
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
osphyalgia
osphyalgic
outpassing
outpassing
verb
present participle of outpass
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
packagings
packagings
noun
plural of packaging
paganishly
paganishly
adv
In a paganish manner.
paganising
paganising
verb
present participle of paganise
paganistic
paganistic
adj
Involving or resembling paganism.
palisading
palisading
noun
A row of palisades set in the ground.
verb
present participle of palisade
panegyrics
panegyrics
noun
plural of panegyric
panegyrist
panegyrist
noun
A eulogist; one who delivers a panegyric or eulogy.
pangasinan
pangasinan
Proper noun
a province of the Philippines located on the west central area of the island of Luzon along Lingayen Gulf and South China Sea. Capital: Lingayen. Population: 2.4 million (Census 2000).
a language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages; it is one of the major languages of the Philippines and the primary language in the province or region of Pangasinan.
the people of Pangasinan or people of Pangasinan heritage.
the indigenous speakers of the Pangasinan language.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Pangasinan people, language, or province
pangenesis
pangenesis
noun
A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.
panglossic
parageusia
parageusia
noun
(medicine) The abnormal presence of an unpleasant taste in the mouth, sometimes caused by medications.
parageusic
parageusic
adj
Of or relating to parageusia.
parageusis
parageusis
noun
Alternative form of parageusia
paragneiss
paragneiss
noun
(geology) A gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.
paragnosia
paralgesia
paralgesia
noun
abnormal sensibility or insensibility to pain
paralgesic
paralgesic
adj
Of or relating to paralgesia.
paralogism
paralogism
noun
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
paralogist
paralogist
noun
One who makes fallacious arguments or draws illogical conclusions.
paralysing
paralysing
adj
Alternative spelling of paralyzing
verb
present participle of paralyse
paregorics
paregorics
noun
plural of paregoric
parisology
parisology
noun
The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
partridges
partridges
noun
plural of partridge
pasigraphy
pasigraphy
noun
(linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
passsaging
pastilling
pastorling
patterings
patterings
noun
plural of pattering
pearisburg
pearisburg
Proper noun
a town in Virginia, USA
peastaking
pedagogics
pedagogics
noun
The science or art of teaching; pedagogy.
pedagogies
pedagogies
noun
plural of pedagogy
pedagogish
pedagogism
pedagogism
noun
The character, manner, occupation, or system of pedagogues.
pedagogist
pedagogist
noun
A pedagogical teacher
pelasgikon
penalising
penalising
verb
present participle of penalise
persiflage
persiflage
noun
Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
Good-natured banter; raillery.
persuading
persuading
noun
An act of persuasion.
verb
present participle of persuade
petrissage
petrissage
noun
(massage) A form of massage involving kneading or wringing the skin with one's fingers, knuckles and thumbs.